Sonos CPO Talks Home Audio; From Streaming to Search Tools

Sonos CPO, Marc Whitten talks to WSJ's Geoffrey Fowler about the future of home audio; From streaming audio to search tools.

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I was going to go home ... because of streaming that one or from your perspective ... what's gains while the sudden the ... car services like Pandora ... spot a fight edible part of our lives ... the kids are really exciting time but we were all talking about ... good thing to happen when standing ... up and ... down to eat the lessons that can see that ... through an adequate services you know you look at what's going on with with robots ... five ... the apple pizza oven to these guys is doing great work but the build out of it that some people are discovering how easy it is you can ... get to the music ... and what that means for discovering music you forgot about ... listening to music appropriately when scientists their work ... all ... about what that actually ... means in terms of the discovery of experience so I'm I'm the one thing the stock squad into its this of this year was universal search that his family that is ... one thing that matters for music ... what are the key things for us is ... that when you have your so the system that you can play of the music services to meet you like to listen to Pandora ... and spotted by the view ... was to ... we have to be different services on ... and with universal search in ... your identity you are to serve ... the song ... and so you with that is the cost of that loss was easy ... to find the Discover It whatever you might wanna was devoted to ... 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Canadians and that's ... about with any new ... hardware or software here at CES but it seems like ... everybody else has come out with ... although ... streaming system ... of things together with mobile ads to ask which seems ... directly at them and experience of ... easily get it ... music you want when you wanna give ... up ... that's going to do that ... 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